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So our copper spillways have been installed.
We have three of them.
I want to take you on the interior of the bog and show you what we're gonna do on
the inside of those bulkheads, so we can control the flow everywhere.
Now, the main one is gonna be the water feature,
that, that small half-inch spillway that trickles water into the pond.
Now I've put a valve on here, so I can control the flow rate.
Get that trickle just exactly how the homeowner wants it.
It's a small half-inch pipe, and
I have it set up to where I can get it just right where I want it.
The main feed, I've increased the, the diameter of the pipe to inch and a half,
and this is gonna sit all the way across the tank.
It's gonna feed right in, it's gonna be right at about twelve inches, so
water in, inside the bog filter's gonna come up right around twelve inches.
The, the gravel's gonna be about twelve and a half inches so you're not gonna see any
water, but the water's gonna start to move through this pipe.
Now I'm gonna drill a series of holes through the top here, so the water comes up,
spills down, travels across the pipe, and then it's gonna go in through that main feed.
And we're gonna actually put a piece of copper pipe below water level.
So as the water travels from the upper active bog into the pond,
it's gonna enter the water below water level so it's gonna be silent.
So the only audio that we're gonna hear is from that, that main half-inch water feature.
Now the third copper spillway is a really critical one cuz it's our emergency overflow.
Let's say that this gets overgrown with plants.
It gets neglected a little bit.
Water's gonna increase in, in this upper active bog.
It's gonna be taking water from the lower pond.
And if it didn't have an emergency way to get back to the pond, it would literally spill
out the top and drain this lower pond, the fish would have no place to go.
So we're gonna have the top of this, you can see I've increased the diameter this one,
to inch and a half as well.
It's gonna be about an inch and a half above water level.
So, and above the gravel as well, so you're not gonna see anything.
This is gonna be above.
If, in fact, the, this gets neglected, and it gets clogged, the water's gonna come up.
It'll come into here, and
it'll start spilling into the lower pond through that third copper pipe.
Now, the third copper spillway that we're putting in there,
it's gonna be above water level, so if the homeowner comes home, and
water's trickling out of that, or coming in a fast rush through that third copper pipe,
he's gonna understand that he needs to, to clear the roots out in the main feeds.
The next thing to do is just get these things plumbed in place.
Put some teflon tape and some glue.
Let's get started on that.
We'll start with the overflow first.
I got my fittings all set up here.
Got a little bit of glue, and I'll start with the teflon tape.
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Okay.
So I have this placed at about 13 and
three-quarter inches just to be safe, call it 14 and
the top of the main feed is gonna be at approximately 12 inches.
Next thing I'm gonna do is use the this is gonna be how we're gonna control
the water in the water feature.
I'll take this apart and put some teflon tape on here, and then just put it right back in.
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Actually, don't need this last piece.
I'm gonna go ahead and leave that off.
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I think we're gonna want this right at about 12 inches.
I'm gonna want to turn this knob, so we can control the flow just like that.
Now, the next one is gonna be our main feed, and
I'm gonna drill a series of holes right here.
Now, the gravel that we've selected, we're using a smooth pea gravel and
it's gonna come up about, basically 12 inches.
But what I've also got is some three-quarter inch smooth gravel and
some two-inch smooth gravel, so the very,
very top we're gonna mix up that little bit so we have some different textures in there.
And then I won't have the pea gravel right on top of here.
What I'm gonna do is drill a bunch of one-eighth inch holes, maybe,
maybe three-sixteenth inch holes, all the way down this.
So that's the next thing I'm gonna do is I'm gonna go ahead and drill that and
then I'll glue this piece together.
Okay, I ended up with a quarter-inch drill bit, and
I'm gonna use this black stamped factory seal right here, this factory line,
I'm gonna use that as my straight edge, and I'm gonna just, approximately every inch,
I'm just gonna drill the hole all the way down this line.
It doesn't have to be completely accurate.
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All right, here's our, our main feed, and
this coupling is just snugged on there, I actually didn't glue it.
So is this piece, so is this end cap.
I just wedged it on there so during maintenance if I really wanted to knock these
two pieces off with a little hammer I could get them off for maintenance.
Maybe some roots would get in there, but I am gonna glue these end pieces and
put on a little teflon tape right here.
So this piece fits nice and tight.
[NOISE].
Screw this guy in here.
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Okay, now, since this final piece, since it's so long, I'm not gonna insert it on here yet
cuz it's just gonna want to pull on the tank.
So now, the next step is to add gravel.
We'll get the gravel up to about this area, then we'll slide this pipe in.
And then we're gonna cover the entire pipe with gravel.
All right, it's getting exciting, we're almost to the end.
I got the gravel pre-rinsed.
I'm just gonna pick up my mess,
and then we'll start throwing some bags of gravel in here.
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Okay, so we're gonna install some, some more bags and get it up to about this height,
which is approximately ten inches.
And then we're gonna get this guy installed into place, so it rests on the gravel.
I'm gonna get some more bags in there.
So we're almost there.
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So I've got just enough gravel in here.
I'm gonna.
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Make it so I can slide this in nice and easy.
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All right.
[SOUND]. Okay.
Not so bad.
I have 16 bags of gravel in here.
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Each bag of gravel was, half a cubic, half a cubic foot.
So you know, we got about eight cubic feet of gravel in here.
This is all pea gravel.
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Now, it ranges from eighth-inch to three-quarters, and
it's gonna do a great job at filtering.
And it's gonna be a great spot for all the plants, their roots to grow.
Now, if you'll notice right here, this is a small opening.
And what I've done is, we've got some of this larger cobble.
I'm gonna put this large cobble around this opening here.
So.
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We can still get good flow right through there, and I can just move a couple pieces
and I can adjust the bulb out to get it the way that I want it.
So we still need about three or four more bags of gravel in here to get the,
the gravel level just above the top of this, this outlet pipe.
But I don't want to add any more gravel until we start to plant the aquatic plants because
as we dig down and create pockets for the, the base of the plants,
we're gonna accumulate a little bit of gravel.
Now, I still wanna get this thing fired up.
I wanna fill it with water, start the pump up, and get the flow rates just perfect.
I wanna make sure our outlet is,
is taking on the water and we have the perfect trickle sound for the homeowner.
When I do that, we're going to I'm gonna simulate this overflow and
show you how it works so you have a really good understanding of that, and
then we'll rinse it one last time before we add aquatic plants.
So that's it for today.
I'm Eric Triplett, The Pond Digger.
Thanks for watching.
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